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Comment by kahdgarxi

Rank 1 of Mind Vision is a handy little spell for seeing things that are far away. You can jump fromt target to target, however, each target must be in your line of site, and within 100 yards of your location.

If there was ever a major upgrade to a spell from a new rank, Mind Vision Rank 2 was it. Firstly, this does not require line of site. If you can target it, you can mind vision it (for the most part) as long as you are in the same instance. (Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms are really big instances) Also, the range has been increased to 50,000 yards. You can hop from target to target, without the limitation of line of site, only range. One thing to keep in mind; when you mind vision, your 'area of interest', or the area in which you see mobs, and can target units, moves with the person/animal/thing you are mind visioning, thus allowing you to hop from mob to mob to go incredible distances away from yourself. To give you an idea of just how far 50,000 yards is, I mind visioned someone in feathermoon who then got on a hippogryph. They were just leaving the zone on the northeast side when the mind vision finally broke. (You can re-apply mind vision to your target as many times as you like as long as you have the mana, and are still within the 50,000 yard rank. Keep in mind however that if you let it break and they are far away, they will no longer be in your area of interest and you won't be able to MV them again.)

Comment by kahdgarxi

Ack, double post. Delete me please. :)

Comment by oellawappa

This is a brilliant skill for Warsong Gultch! Can't find the flag carrier? Just go to the list of people in WSG during that game, click on one, and then use Mind Vision Rank 2, and you can see exactly where they are.

Comment by Rigors

I've found that mind vision's primary use is finding enemy flag carriers in warsong gulch, though it's also a fun spell to fool around with on raids or while guarding a boring node in AB.

Comment by Trickery

I use it mainly during PVP when someone has run away and I still have them targeted. Easily find someone you thought you had lost. Used it plenty of time to find the flag carrier in WSG as well.

/tar /cast mind vision

Comment by KiLLerS

really good for making screenshots of NPC's :P

Comment by KiLLerS

this spell is one of the most usefull spells ingame especially when you get rank 2 witch will remove the line of sight problem

and i must say as priest. it is perfect for SCREENSHOTS FOR WOWHEAD!!

also how do you think they got picks from all bosses in new instances without the old ones killed first :) mindvision :P

Comment by Komplex0r

Counts as an offensive spell and so it gain +20% range by the "Shadow Reach" talent. (60000 yds)

Comment by snags

"Charles, noooo! Get outta my head, Charles!"

Comment by HaveyJoe

I've had a fun time just screwing with people or groups with this spell. A few useful tips:

1. You can use this on either faction. It does not matter if they are flagged for PvP or not, and doing this to someone who is flagged will NOT flag you.

2. If you use the Ornate Spyglass (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=5507), or any of the engineering goggles that have the same ability I imagine, you can Mind Vision people you see with that effect that you otherwise would be too far away to see. Makes it easier to screw with someone from far away without having to jump from person to person to reach them.

3. You will still be able to see and follow them without losing them even if they stealth! I discovered this on accident while doing this to a druid. Even the Warp Chasers in Netherstorm weren't lost when they 'phased out'. I don't know if the same is true with invisibility yet, but this would be great for following a night elf or rogue or druid trying to sneak around in a city if you can catch them for just that moment before they disappear, and thus be able to give away their position to the players looking for them.

EDIT: Just bear in mind (no pun intended) that if you're following a rogue, their Cloak of Shadows will break your Mind Vision. Pity if they wasted it before a fight just for that though.

Comment by Ilany

Is this spell nerfed? I have rank 2, and Shadow Reach, but I can't Mind Vision targets that's like 500 yards away from me. It says "Out of range" if I click MV, then targets in party, and if I target them first, it says "No target". I've disabled all addons. 50000 yards should be like.. across entire Outlands.

Comment by Dole

Can be used all over the world to find things, you know when you /tar something, but it doesn't really help?Mind Vision it.Just to explain, /tar or /target targets an enemy, so if you couldn't see Thrall, you could /target Thrall and find him, or if you need to find a boss mob or other situations.Combined with Mind Vision, this would be a very useful skill.

Comment by TheWintergreen

As of 2.3.3

If you use mind vision on an enemy rogue, before they go into stealth, and they come within range of your dots, you can dot them and break stealth.

Great for defending nodes/towers in Eots, Arathi, Av and you see a rogue coming near you.

Comment by Yarthort

If you want to cast it on someone in lets say org and you are in thunderbbluff how would u do this

Comment by Skreeran

Alright, I've heard people say that it has 50k yds range. But just how far is that? Could I be in STV and use it on a group member in Tirisfall?

Comment by samy13

Can be used in Arena seeing from safe position trough stealth party for postion on enemy players

Comment by ConnorElzaim

Out of curiosity, while the spell lets you see through their eyes, can you see what they might be saying to someone?

Comment by Pokin

In upcoming patch 2.4.3 "Mind Vision: This effect will now be cancelled immediately on targets who use an Invisibility Potion or Gnomish Cloaking Device. "

Comment by Nietzsche

This spell is not usable in arenas anymore. The reasoning given was because it used to cause players to stand up, canceling drinking or eating, but this has been fixed. I am unsure as to what the rationale is now, but I assume it is because it makes finding people trying to hide in arena to drink extremely easy.

Comment by Bsmx93

The only difference between rank 1 and 2 is that rank 2 lets you see through any ones eyes no matter where they are at (as long as they are in the same instance and the same continent as you) and on Rank 1 you can only see through peoples eyes that are 100 yards from you. This can be increased through Shadow Reach, increasing it from 100 to 110 to 120 depending on how many times its added in.

Comment by VBub

A rather cool trick for mind vision is to getting yourself the quoted unlimited range on the Spell.

I've found once you either Heartstone, get summoned or get ff a flight path, you can Mind vision anyone on your continent.

Though it is important you do not move after completing any of the above actions.

It's pretty cool though has caused me to crash serveral times.

I have had a mind vision work from Shattrath to the Sunwell Island, From Crossroads to Orgrimmar, from BRD to Undercity, and finally Gadgetzan to Orgrimmar

Oh and spam the button even if it dosent seem to work, it will. if not try moving FP and gonig back.

Comment by fenoglio

many ppl use it just for that peng ^_^

Comment by Kurasu

Something I have noticed with Mind Vision, though I don't know if it is recent or just something no one has noticed: when using Mind Vision, not only does the view of your 'first person' switch to the viewpoint of the NPC, but the map does as well, thus showing the location of the individual you are taking over.

As a special bonus: if the individual is within 'minimap range' of the priest casting Mind Vision, the target will show up on the minimap as a red 'tracking' dot for a moment when the spell is cancelled. Therefore, you can easily track just where that individual happens to be as long as they're in minimap range.

Comment by Bongo2k

Apply Aura: Bind SightRadius: 100 yards

100 yards is hardly "Unlimited range" is it?

Comment by gamerunknown

It's fun to cast this and hop from player to player, seeing how far one can go. I did it from the PvP room in SW once and got as far as the flight master, but when someone got on a flight there weren't any people to cast it on so it expired.

Comment by de4dwing

this spell can NOT be used in arena. so you wont be able to track the rogues who forget to pop stealth after fight have started:)

Comment by Gnoktish

it tends to Glitch up, when using Mind vision on a partner thats not in the same area as you are (example: you are in Borean Tuandra and your friend is in Howling Fdorj) it wont do it

Comment by Garst

How do you get this to work on people too far away (i.e. other side of the continent)?

Comment by davidhdez

That spell work with roughes after stealth?

Comment by Zergling373

Amazingly mixed with the "SilverDragon" addon.

When the addon goes off for a rare guy, you can click the picture to target him. After that, use mind vision to find the exact pinpoint location of the rare guy. It's quite amazing. ;D

Comment by PalominoMule

The advice I have when using this to hop across zones for giggles is to avoid using it on targets who are going to be moving very quickly (e.g. they're about to take a flight path, or get on a tram / zeppelin / boat). If a target's moving very quickly sometimes you seem to "lose" them momentarily as the client figures out where on earth it should be in your field of vision, but even a momentary disappearance of your target means the contact's lost and you have to start over.

Actually, players in general. Never know when they're gonna' log or DC.

Comment by Valielaera

I was just wondering, can it aggro? For example if you are using it in a raid, will it aggro?

Comment by Lavafrost

As sad as it is, this ability appears to be removed in Cataclysm.

Comment by Muzzle248

Yep...if you go to the cataclysm version of this page it will say "This spell does not exist" :(

Comment by Pvpshockadinftw

That's because there will only be one rank of Mind Vision in Cataclysm. It will have the same effect as the current rank two. Mind Vision

Comment by Lurelina

Once used this when there was a bunch of horde on the gate behind the big statue you see when you first go to Stormwind.Helped out a lot to MC one of them down and kill them. :)

Comment by Ordayc

Mind Vision can be used to "stalk" targets capable of stealthing. When the target activates stealth, Mind Vision remains active and the target still can be seen and targeted by the priest. Unless the stealther somehow gets rid of the debuff, he/she cannot escape the priest's vision.

The priest then can use a short-cast spell to attack the stealther. Spells with a cast time may not work as the spell-casting interrupts Mind Vision which causes the priest to lose sight of the target after a short time, subsequently ending the spell-cast. Instant-cast spells are a safe choice, as they definitely work.

This can be helpful, for example, when you are defending a base in Arathi Basin and see a rogue/druid coming your way, denying them a first strike.

Comment by Kyphosis

Rank 1 currently does not require line of sight.

About casting it on targets just before they go stealth, it is possible to cast on them not just instant spells but other fast abilities like Holy Fire. This is because some time around patch 3.0 they made stealthed targets visible for about 3 seconds after spotted: since Mind Vision allows you to target them normally, you'll have about that fraction of time (minus latency) to start casting a spell. I've tried this standing practically at 30 yards and it worked without any trouble.

Comment by Chaosinfused

Effect #3: Apply Aura: Stalked

...what? o_O

Comment by Derren

with cataclysm it says unlimited range so if a priest cast it in stormwind, on his friend at ironforge works? :O

Comment by snekadid

yep, its fun to screw with while waiting for a raid to start, just mind vision someone in raid and hop around till the RL starts crying that there are no healers and that you should go holy, then it time to run!

Comment by Shageki

A fellow on my server once said on trade he'd pay 100 gold to anyone who could find him.

Needless to say, I used Mind Vision and found him in about 30 seconds. Amusingly, he decided to be a good sport and pay me even though I sort of cheated, because he was hiding in a place that required some clever use of game mechanics to get into.

Comment by anonymousIam

I've had a lot of fun with this spell. If you are bored you can target a random player and follow them anywhere, this is how:

By the way: I know a way to keep the spell working over hearthstones, teleportation, etc....

Firstly, target them, when they distant themselves from your character, and the timer is running down to about 5 seconds,select the player again by clicking on the character (in what you see with mind vision), then cast it again. It doesn't matter if they are not in the line of sight, because you targeted them.

Now, let's say that they are casting Hearthstone - simply wait till the spell is 2 seconds away, there will ALWAYS be a slight delay when mind visioning a target that is already under mind vision buff, because you revert to YOUR character view, then back to that player, that transition allows enough time for them to teleport to the other continent or place - and you will have mind vision on them.

Mind Vision counts as a DE-BUFF even to friendly players, which means THEY CANNOT RIGHT CLICK IT AWAY!

Which means you can follow them forever until they logout.

Comment by poofish

There are people on the wow priest forums who are willing to trade this spell.This is one of the best priest spells.

Comment by Wekapedia

Can not be cancelled by jumping anymore.

Comment by redjarman

1) Hang out near the auction house in your home city.2) Use Mind Vision on a player as they run out of the auction house.3) Watch them for a while as they run through town.4) While Mind Visioning that player, target another and Mind Vision.5) Repeat step 4.You are now playing Ghost Trick in 3D.

Comment by wubs23

Do you really see completely what the target sees?

Per example, i am horde. I cast this on an Alliance Warrior in a battleground. Will i then see stealthed alliance rogues, since the warrior would see them? And can i target those rogues as well then?

Regards.

Comment by arkhi

Works on restrooms and porta-pottys.

Comment by theliquifier

When you cast this, do you control the view, or are you stuck seeing what your target sees?

I ask because if I ever get mind visioned, it may be a good strategy to immediately look straight up so that the priest doesn't really learn anything. Depending on the situation of course, it might not be worth losing your own vision.

Thanks!

Comment by Keruna

I love that it doesn't stop until the player zones out, and you can refresh it even being out of range now. I also love that with it you can jump from target to target, to see different things.

I use it during pvp all the time to see if the enemy flag carrier is going to drop.

Comment by UnCorpse

Using this on bosses like nefarian or arthemedes gives you a great point of view for screenshots.

Comment by Muzzle248

If someone is mind visioned, do they know?

Comment by Skullever

Fun to pop this on unsuspecting players and watch them do a quick double-take

Comment by ayham

If a priest uses it on another priest .. and the visioned target then casts it on the first caster, does that constitute mindception ?

Comment by blueshoe12

So can other players target you from the debuff?

I was trying this out in Dalaran, jumping from player to player... but sometimes it failed and the spell stayed channeling without my target in sight.. and /targetlasttarget wouldn't work..

also, When I Mind Vision'd them they were able to target me even though i was nowhere near LoS..

Comment by SolidSnack

Does anyone have this problem when making the (de)buff jump from one target to another, where instead the second target gets randomly untargeted and you just end up channeling Mind Vision on nothing?

Comment by rawryer

Very funny when the target ur mind visioning always try to hide themselves in a corner, despite the fact that they're winning the bg by a big margin.

Comment by Garst

Is it possible to use this on someone on the other side of the continent? I've never been able to use it on someone outside a group/raid.

Comment by Karsciyin

Have difficulty using it on players - it would keep flashing back to where I stood, even though I still had the buff. Managed to 'jump' quite far on NPCs (city guards, ambient characters, that sort of thing) but as soon as I jumped to a player I got the "mind visioning yourself" effect - I was channelling, I had the buff, and I was also watching.... myself.

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Comment by arkivx

They finally nerfed the fun out of this ability its a shadow of its formal self.

Comment by BlizzardCS

Hello all!

Just wanted to inform you of a small bug that is happening with Mind Vision at the moment. Basically, if you are channelling the spell and switch targets while doing so, casting the spell on another target, Mind Vision will keep channelling while you see your own point of view instead of your target’s. Our development team is aware of this issue and looking for a solution. Sorry for the inconvenience guys!